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Plankton control the weather! And make OIL!


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#1 Rogerdodger

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Posted 03 April 2008 - 09:59 PM

I love the ocean.
I wanted to be a marine biologist, but then I was told I'd need to study and know how to read.
Anyway, plankton it seems, can make clouds!
I mean in the atmosphere.
They also absorb carbon and when they die, they drop to the bottom of the ocean and make an endless supply of oil!

From NASA:
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WHEN SUN'S TOO STRONG, PLANKTON MAKE CLOUDS
So, indirectly, plankton help create more clouds, and more clouds mean less direct light reaches the ocean surface."

"There is the potential that this cycle could slow global warming," said Siegel. "But right now we have no idea of the size of it or even what it means."